Removable closure



Jul 10, 1923. 1,676,379

G. BREIDENBACH REMOVABLE CLOSURE Original Filed April 14. 1922' 2 sheetsfsheet 1 July '10, 1928. V v G. BREIDENBACH REMOVABLE CLOSURE Original Filed April 14. 1922' 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 GEORGEBRE ENBACEOF orlroii eo, runners-i1 1 v REMOVABLECLOSWEE Application filed A rii 14, 1922, Serial 5 2 ,5 Benewedi iiiovember 0,1927; Q

This in vention relates to supporting de side opening; ofia'freigh-t car; the provision vices, and pertains more particularly to of an'iinproved 'mea siorr taining, a grain proved rneans for supporting and retaining door without interference- Withthe. @en en;

a door inan opening, the device of this tio'nal sidedoor of tl e vcar;the p rovisioniof v 5 invention being embodied in" a construction improvedmeansfor retaining it 'dooriand fio adapted d to retain a doorin" a freight ear, adapted for applicat'ion t" 'ny stanasrdibbx wlierethe latter is loaded with grain uch freight ear; h mvi gien of en improved" f vas Wheat, or other ,material in hulk; and form of 1eios'iire randjmor pantionlaifly'one While this invention,! for the sake of ooncharacterized by Enjo -abilit witlibufi' in; venience, is illustrated as embodiedin a sup jury andirep ab i y'; t e p ovi' bn' 31.17155 porting and retaining means for agrai n door; improved, ri'ileans,for retair-ring; a-door while for so-called bOXTCdT-S lt ill be .obviousrthat subject to pressure and may befr eadily' the device findsa Wide field of utility for removed iwhil'e jthe door is iinderjpressure other piirposese to ermit of opening;;and the provision of V- f s is common knowledge to thoseiskilled in an article of manufacture, poss sing the theart to Whichthis invention is here adaptvantageons"features: ontlin'ed'i ate-v6; vv v ed, 'it iscustom-ary to transport v'vl'i eat;rye, is simple, universal in application, efficient" barley and similar materials in bulk in a in.operationandoapable of manufaCtUifeand sov called box freight car, because such cars installation at 'lovv' cost; The-"device isf'ar- V 9 afford a complete covering. for the contents .ranged'so that'iit 'maylhe placed loutofthe;

andthns preventsiibjectionot the materials way: when the clar is 'ii'sed for merehandise.

mentioned to the elements However, as; Thi r Wn l'on i is characterized by other 7 this type of car "is not ordinarily adapted teatnresjand advantages, Whichi vvill; appear" for employment incarrying a bulk'shipor be pointedont asth-is deseriptionfro' eeeds," ment dueto the side door construction, it oneemloodiment of"t e ,;in-vention i1'.- s0 isnecessary that an inner door he placed lustra ted in accompanying drawings; in. I I overieach of theiside openingsfor sealingj which! I? same and for retaining the contents. Such Figure l 'is' fragmentary side elevational doors are usually made larger in Widthfthan 'vievvfofastandard jfreightfcar; thisinven l 30 that'iotthe sideiopening and of a suflicient tionbe'ing' applied; I y 1 height to retain the contents, the temporary Figure Qjisa' vertical transverse section-a1: door thenbeing nailed or otherWise's'eoured: vi'e'vv taken' onftheline 'ofj Eignre lyf against displacement during loading and loolringin the direction. indicat'edfloyfthe: shipment. After. the loaded car has-been arrowsj" a 1i delivered toits destination these doors must Figure 3 Iisfa' horizontal)seotionalfviewfgo 1 i be removed before he contents of the car taken onhn'e" ofjFigiire' 1', 1ookin-g"in" can be released, ,andas the pressure of tl e the? d'reetion indioated" th f-a contents on thetemporary doors is very great Fign yi a ff'a'gmgntary nlarg di d t fll due-to settlingin transit it is difiicnl'tto view; p p remove the doors without partially oreomi. secfijlonfil View opal-detain; 5 v pletely destroying same: 'or adjacent parts v li ig r 11 imfla i w f 'a difi dy ofthe car body or door frame, and. at'best; tf ofth same dgijgifl; f V

the removal of the temporary doors co'n- Figure Zi ajjf mgnta y'yrti af 9; V

u e o bl t m tional viewfdf ear struct ire i lpdin j a' It isjvith the foregoing insufficien'oies.and modified formofthisinvention; I I F i i mbe f r h r r p y grew 8 'r; r'a 9eefi?m v ew ion. 2 in view that the present invention. has been line ofrii ure 7,"loo' k1ng,1n the dir 1 1 designed, theinvention'having for its; ob-; tionindicated,bythe arrovvs g I.

sectional v evv jects the pro-visionot improved means for- Fignre,}) s. a fragmentay V I I supporting and retaining aidoor; the provi-v of .Q 19 B inc ildlng another mo sion of improved means for supporting and pf m ofi l l s I VenPi01i; .,and retaining an inner door subject torpressure'in Eignres 1Q andli are tra 1 sver'se'seotmnal I the side openinglot a box freight car ;.-.the views of alternative forms of the nvent on provision of improved means for removably asshovvjn ln Flgure v I I 2i a supporting a doorrsubjeet topressiire'in the -Reterring', more particularly to the drawing and first to Figures 1 to 3, inclusive,

there are illustrated parts of a standard v H railway freight car of the conventional box 7 both sides of the car are substantially idenone face of thepost I tudinal movement of direction while i loaded, the

the lower end of the door followed in opposite edge 22 tical, I will describe but one side and also but one application of the invention, it being understood that the appliedto both doors. 2

A sliding door 12 is hung on a track 13 invention may be and is movable over the outer surface of the side of the car on said track to open and close theopening 11, said door 12 being suspended on said track by rollers 14 and being held against the side of. the car during movement by a series'of guide brackets 15 15, This is purely a conventionalarrangement and is practically all box car .construction. I r

Referring noW to the application of the invention to the box car illustrated, fol

lowing the usual practice where the car is employed for transportin wheat, rye, oats and'other commodities in iulk, there is provided a so-called grain door 16, composed of the -planks 1717 vertical cleats 18-18 and diagonal brace 19, the cleats and brace serving to connect the planks, saidcleats being arranged a short the planks 17,. This door 16 is placed inside the car, one edge 20 of the door overlapping the door post 21, an angle-iron'22 or cleat being provided upon and secured to said post for abutting theiedge of the door, and the of said door lying adjacent the other post 23 and in abutting relation with a displace'able angle-iron 24, secured to 23 as will be explained presently. It will be seen from Figure 3 that the grain door,

that there is no interference with the operation of' thesliding door 12. The angleiron 22 serves toprevent endwise or longithe grain door in one the car is in transit or being door site direction. f

The displaceable angle-iron is suspend ed for pivotaland slidable movement from a lag screw or bolt 25,

distance from the ends of" in its proper position- 7 1sd1sposed well within the door openlng sopost 23 and angle-iron 24' preventing endwise movement in the oppo-.

of the door post 23 mit the latter to loosely move laterally'and angularly back and forthon said bolt for a purpose which Wlll presently appear.

F or retalnlng the angle-1ron 24 or lock-bar against movement, as shown in Figures 1 to 3, inclusive, there is provided a second lag screw or bolt 28, driven into one face of the door post 23 near the floor of the car, and the adjacent flange of the lock-bar 24 is provided with a slot 29, preferably right-angular in shape and opening at the inner edge of the lock-bar, the slot 29 being flared at its open end for facilitating slightly engagement with the bolt 28 The slot 26 permits the engagement of the bolt 28 With the slot provided therefor, this beingaccomplished by raising thelock-bar until the bolt 28 enters the slot-29, and then permit-" ting the lock-bar to drop. of the lock-bar 24when in sition abuts the door plate the lowered 'po- 30 and a recess 30 is provided in one flange of the an lebar to permit of the insertion of a crowar 31 (Figure 4) for raising the lock-bar when it is desired to release the door while subject to pressure of the contents of the car.

The purpose of the angle-iron 24 engaging the door plate 30 is toprevent the escape of the material held between the edge of the door 16 and the post 23. Additional lag screws and slots therefor may be provided in the lock-bar'where the opening be subject to flexing. However, this might as freadily'be taken care of by employing a heavier angle-iron.

As will be seen in Figure2, the lockbar 24 is adapted to be swung up into the car when not'in use, and will thus be out ofthe way,'it being evident from Figure 2'that the distance between the. upper end of the bar and the top plate 31 of the door opening is suflicient to permit such swinging, and the slot 26 is of such length that the upper end of the lock-bar cannot slide outwardly into the path of the sliding door 12.

form of a substantially right-angular stirrup, one leg 33 of which is secured by screws 34 or the like to a roof beam 35, the abutment. 36 preventing accidental dislodgement of the lock-bar. In Figure 6, the bracket is provided with a base portion 37, secured The lower end a convenient point height of the door, is such that the angle-iron might ently present.

being employed where no beamis conveni- 'The'slight lateral movement.

i of thelock-bar permitted by spacingtthe i the unloading takes place,

' lock-bar 24' v the angle-bar 24, outer end of the studs =gbetween the nuts and the plates 39 and 43 stud 54, carried fixedly on the face 54 head 27 of the bolt- 25, as shown, readily accommodates the bar tothe required move.-

ment when seating same in the stirrup. From'theforegoing it will be seen that the inner or temporary door 16 is rigidly re tained in position against the pressure of the contentsof the car, and that the removal oi the door, even though under great pressure, may be quickly and facilely accomplished by'the use of the crow-bar as previously mentioned; This'means a great saving in time while the cars are atfthe pits where and'thereby re duces the time required for unloading and 1 consequently releases the car from the siding; 2o

SOOIIBI'.

, With reference to Figures and 8, there is provided a modification wherein the door post is shown at 38', this post being of the standard wooden construction; In this arrangement'the door post is provided on the face38' with a fulcrum plate 39, near the top of the side opening, said plate being securedto the post by screws 40, or the like,

i and said plate having a vertical substan tially central slot 41; In this instance the takes the same form as the bar 24 but said bar 24' is provided with a fixed bearing stud 42, said stud lying within; the slot '41. A lock plate 43 is secured by screws 44 tothe face 38 of the post 38, relatively close to the floor of the car, said plate having a slot 45 therein 46 into which the lock-stud 47 stud also being fixed on the angle-bar 24'. The studs 42 and 47 tical, the latter only being fully shown, comprising a shank reduced at 48 to enter andriveted at 49; The each have a nut 50 thereon, there being provided sufficient play to permit the lock-bar to be swung into the car when not in use. The post 38 is pro vided with an elongated recess 51 for accommodating the stud 47, and a recess, not shown, is also provided for the stud 42. This form of the invention eliminates all projections from the door post into the open I-Iowever, both forms so far merchandise.

desirable redescribed, produce eflicient and sults. g

vReferring now to Figures 9 and .10, an

application of this invention to a steel door post 52 is there shown. There are a number of different styles of teel door posts, but that shown will serve to convey the idea here. In this instance, the lock-bar 53 is pivotally and slidably mounted uponf 31c 0 1e rovided witha notch. drops, said are substantially idenand such as might interfere'with loading,

door post, a slot 55 in one lock-bar serving to engage door post is slottedv shown in Figure 10, said stud havingareduced shank 58 riveted at 59 in the door post, the enlarged portion ofthe studentering the slot-55 and being provided with In some instances the door post jo'li' nietal is hollow, that is, there is-no wooden post within the steel casing, and in this event the stud 57 may be modified as shown iii-Figure 11.= Here-the stud, designated-57 is loosely mounted in the steel casing 61, and said casing isprovided with a" countersunkopening for receiving the head of thestud when not inuse, the stud being withdrawn until the nut 62thereon abuts the casing, whereupon the lock-bar, in this instance similar in con struction to that shown inFigureil, may be engaged therewith It will be readily seen.

tha the several forms of this invention shown readily adapt the device to use on the various typesof box freight doors. g 7

Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination, a container for material in bulk, said container having'a side opening 1 and aside post, a closure within said container for said opening, a bar on one sideof said opening,

and means fixedly mounted on the post and with which said baris slidably engageable for holdingsaid bar for retaining said closure only against pressure fromwithin the container. l

2. In a device of the character described,

in combination, a vertical post forming one side of an opening, a floor, a closure "for said opening, a flanged element pivotally and slidably mounted on a fulcrum on said post immediately adj acent'to the top of the opening, means on the post for locking said flanged element in with by movement of the flanged element in two planes, flanged element being recessed to afford a space wherein a tool'may be inserted in contact with said flanged element and the floor for disengaging said eleme'nt'from said.

locking means.

in combination,acontainer having an opening in a vertical partition thereof, adoor arranged in said opening overlapping oneand the lower end of said vertical a'linementthere- 3 a v 3. In a device of the character described,

abuts, and a bracket in said container above the pivot of said bar onto which one end of said bar may be engaged out of the way of the contents of said container When the bar is not in use.

' being side of anopening, a closure for said open ing, a: flanged element fol-retaining said closure in the opening, said flanged element pivotally and slidably mounted upon said post, a locking stud on the post, said flanged element having a right angularly' shaped slot for reception of and'engagement of the flanged element With'said locking stud for retaining said flanged element in alinement With the post. 7 f i 6. In a device of the character described, in combination, a vertical post forming one side of an opening, a closure for said opening, a flanged element, for retaining said closure in the opening, said flanged element being pivotally and slidably mounted upon said post, said flanged element having a slot therein permitting lateral and vertical move ment thereof in engagement with said lock ing stud, said flanged element in one position engaging the bottom of the opening andv having a recess to permit insertion of an implement to raise the flanged element for disengaging same from said locking stud.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

GEORGE BREIDENBAIC-H. 

